Minnechaug's Sarah Martin is the 2012 girls lacrosse player of the year.

Sarah Martin is the girls lacrosse player of the year. (Republican file photo.)

SARAH MARTIN, Minnechaug lacrosse  Class: Junior  Position: Midfield Accomplishments: Led all of Western Massachusetts with 89 goals and 31 assists to spark the Falcons to the No. 1 seed in the girls lacrosse tournament. Strong two-way player. Helped  INTEREST, FAVORITES Food: Mac & Cheese  Subject: History Athlete: Rob Gronkowski Team: New England Patriots Movie: “Notebook” TV show: “Big Brother” Most memorable sports moment: “Beating Longmeadow” Motivation on the athletic field: “To push myself as hard as I can, not just for myself but for the team.” Of note: Has already committed to the University of Albany, where she will play lacrosse. 

IMMEDIATE REACTION 

Coach Dave Yelle on Martin: “In all my years coaching I have never met a more competitive and complete player. Sarah works equally hard on both ends of the field. Sarah competes in ever drill and I believe it is that drive to compete that pushes her to achieve success. Congrats to her from all of us, well deserved.” 

Martin on playing two-way lacrosse: “Lacrosse is definitely is all about defense on both ends. When you have a team like we did this year it makes it a lot easier because we communicate very well. You can’t be one person – it needs to be a whole team.” Martin on Minnechaug’s season: 

“Everyone got along on our team. This was one of my favorite season because I loved every single person on the team. We came so close and we had a really good team.”   